Avintia Racing’s Hector Barbera will continue to deputise for the injured Andrea Iannone at the factory Ducati squad next weekend at Phillip Island, the Bologna manufacturer have confirmed. The Spaniard was called up to ride in place of Iannone this weekend at Motegi after the Italian was advised by his doctors to continue his recovery […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies made it back-to-back doubles in the 2016 as he dominated race two at Jerez for his ninth win of the season, whilst Tom Sykes denied Kawasaki teammate Jonathan Rea the chance to win the title today. Davies wasted no time at the start of today’s 20-lap contest, rising from sixth to […]
Movistar Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo has endured a rather bruising weekend at the Twin Ring Motegi, and it failed to improve during the race as the Spaniard crashed out of second place. The Spaniard’s weekend very nearly came to a shuddering early conclusion when he crashed heavily at Turn 2 during FP3. Lorenzo high-sided whilst pushing on […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro says that he is ‘proud’ of the fourth place he achieved at the Japanese Grand Prix and was happy to fight at the front, but admits that he expected more. The Spaniard has enjoyed one of his best weekends of the year. His pace throughout practice was strong and he managed […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez became the youngest five-time World Champion in Grand Prix history after he clinched the 2016 MotoGP World Championship in Motegi following crashes for both Yamaha riders. The Honda rider’s chances were slender coming into this weekend, a gap of 52 points requiring a nightmare for second and third-placed Valentino Rossi […]
Interwetten’s Tom Luthi held off a late charge from Ajo Motorsport’s Johann Zarco to seal his fourth win of the 2016 season, whilst championship protagonists Sam Lowes and Alex Rins saw their title aspirations take a huge blow. Zarco knew that he had been handed a golden opportunity this weekend; not only was he on pole, […]
Kawasaki Racing Team’s Jonathan Rea finished today’s first race from the Jerez Circuit third after battling problems with rear grip. The result saw him lose just four points to his championship rival Tom Sykes. The Northern Irishman has endured a pretty wretched couple of days in Spain so far. Yesterday’s free practice sessions saw Rea […]
Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez says he is content with second on the grid for tomorrow’s 24-lap Japanese Grand Prix from the Twin Ring Motegi, admitting that he expected to struggle more. The Spaniard marked this race as one where he would want to lose as few points as possible, the Twin Ring circuit’s numerous […]
Avintia Racing Ducati’s Mike Jones enjoyed a ‘fantastic’ second day as Hector Barbera’s replacement at the Twin Ring Motegi, qualifying 21st and just over three seconds off the pace. The Australian was brought in late on Thursday evening to substitute for Barbera, who was called up to replace Andrea Iannone at the factory Ducati team […]
Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaro will start tomorrow’s 24-lap Japanese Grand Prix from sixth on the grid, a result he is happy with but also one he felt could have been much better. The Spaniard has looked strong all weekend, finishing all sessions inside the top seven. Espargaro easily bagged himself a spot inside QP2 […]
Aruba.it Ducati’s Chaz Davies put in another master class performance from sixth on the grid to take his eighth win of the 2016 WorldSBK season, leading home both Kawasakis in Jerez. It was a fast and furious start to proceedings at Jerez. Jonathan Rea launched ahead of teammate Tom Sykes from second on the grid […]
Ducati Corse’s stand-in for the weekend Hector Barbera guided his Desmosedici GP16 to eighth on the grid for tomorrow’s 24-lap Japanese Grand Prix, the Spaniard hailing Saturday as a much more ‘positive day’ than Friday. Barbera ended his first day as the injured Andrea Iannone’s replacement down in 14th after spending both practice sessions acclimatising […]